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.\"    Manual: MySQL Database System
.\"    Source: MySQL 5.5
.\"  Language: English
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.\" mysql_secure_installation
.SH "NAME"
mysql_secure_installation \- improve MySQL installation security
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBmysql_secure_installation\fR\ 'u
\fBmysql_secure_installation\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This program enables you to improve the security of your MySQL installation in the following ways:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
You can set a password for
root
accounts\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
You can remove
root
accounts that are accessible from outside the local host\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
You can remove anonymous\-user accounts\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
You can remove the
test
database (which by default can be accessed by all users, even anonymous users), and privileges that permit anyone to access databases with names that start with
test_\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBmysql_secure_installation\fR
helps you implement security recommendations similar to those described at
Section\ \&2.12.2, \(lqSecuring the Initial MySQL Accounts\(rq\&.
.PP
Invoke
\fBmysql_secure_installation\fR
without arguments:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
shell> \fBmysql_secure_installation\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
The script will prompt you to determine which actions to perform\&.
.PP
\fBmysql_secure_installation\fR
is not available on Windows\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.br
.PP
Copyright \(co 1997, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
.PP
This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
.PP
This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
.PP
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
.sp
.SH "SEE ALSO"
For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual,
which may already be installed locally and which is also available
online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.
.SH AUTHOR
Oracle Corporation (http://dev.mysql.com/).
